Township of York

E188339
former municipality township

The Township of York was a former municipality in what is now Toronto, Ontario, that historically encompassed several communities before being urbanized and amalgamated into the modern city.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Township of York canonical 2
Town of York 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former municipality ⓘ
township ⓘ
amalgamatedInto Toronto ⓘ
surface form: City of Toronto
amalgamatedWith other Metropolitan Toronto municipalities ⓘ
amalgamationReason metropolitan municipal restructuring ⓘ
borderedBy Municipality of Toronto ⓘ
surface form: City of Toronto (historical city core)

Etobicoke Township ⓘ
North York Township ⓘ
Scarborough Township via Toronto city in between ⓘ
containsHistoricalCommunity Caledonia ⓘ
Davenport ⓘ
Earlscourt ⓘ
Fairbank ⓘ
Forest Hill ⓘ
Glen Park ⓘ
Humewood–Cedarvale ⓘ
Keelesdale ⓘ
Lambton ⓘ
surface form: Lambton Mills

Leaside ⓘ
Mount Dennis ⓘ
Oakwood Village ⓘ
surface form: Oakwood–Vaughan

Rockcliffe-Smythe ⓘ
Silverthorn ⓘ
Swansea ⓘ
West Toronto Junction ⓘ
Weston ⓘ
Wychwood ⓘ
Yorkdale area ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
governmentType township council ⓘ
hasSuccessorAdministrativeUnit Municipality of Toronto ⓘ
surface form: City of Toronto (post-1998)

York, Ontario (borough and later city within Metropolitan Toronto) ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century Ontario municipal system ⓘ
20th century Metropolitan Toronto period ⓘ
historicalFunction local government for rural and suburban communities west of Toronto ⓘ
historicalLocation west and northwest of the old City of Toronto ⓘ
languageOfAdministration English ⓘ
legalSystem Canadian municipal law ⓘ
locatedIn Greater Toronto Area ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
surface form: Province of Ontario

Southern Ontario ⓘ
locatedOn north shore of Lake Ontario hinterland ⓘ
namedAfter Duke of York ⓘ
title of the British heir apparent at time of naming ⓘ
nowPartOf Toronto ⓘ
surface form: City of Toronto

Toronto ⓘ
surface form: Toronto, Ontario
partOf Metropolitan Toronto ⓘ
region central Canada ⓘ
surface form: Central Canada
status defunct municipality ⓘ
urbanizationProcess gradual urbanization into suburban and urban neighbourhoods ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

York → predecessor → Township of York ⓘ
subject surface form: York, Ontario
Old Toronto → historicalPredecessor → Township of York ⓘ
this entity surface form: Town of York
York County, Ontario → originallyIncluded → Township of York ⓘ